800 Words - First Episode
Television (Full Length) – 2015
Does the insurance on the rental car cover getting smashed by a sculpture?
– Arlo Turner ( Benson Jack Anthony) keeps his tongue in his cheek
When I read it, I had a real emotional response to it. It's a widower and there's a nice juicy emotional foundation to start with. It was a starting-over story and that inspired me.
– Actor Erik Thomson on his 800 Words character George Turner, Stuff, 17 October 2018
It didn't occur to you to rent a house, a furnished house, for a few months while we looked around for somewhere to buy? Preferably one that's finished, has power, and more than one toilet… It’s what Mum would have done.
– Shay (Melinda Vidler) giving her dad George (Erik Thomson) a hard time about their new home
You're one of them blokes? Takes up surfing when they're middle aged because they think it'll change their life?
– Hannah (Cian Elyse White) asks George (Erik Thomson) what has gotten him into surfing
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